Chapter 423: Death of Dragon Elephant, Alas (4,000-Word Chapter)
Lan Yu did not die in the battle.
The ring-handled sword in his hand and the raised heart-guard mirror on the Ming Guang armor on his body blocked the fatal blow from the Lei Gu Weng Jin Chui in Chen Longxiang's hand;
The ring-handled sword was broken into two pieces by the hammer. Although it failed to block the attack of the Lei Gu Weng Jin Chui, it relieved most of the force;
In the end, it was the copper heart-guard mirror on the Ming Guang armor that took on everything and was smashed into pieces by the hammer.
Lan Yu was also blown away by inertia, a mouthful of old blood spurted out, his eyes turned black and he lost his mind for a short time.
When he woke up again, he was supported by his personal soldiers and retreated while fighting. Wherever he looked, he saw the corpses of the soldiers of the vanguard camp of the imperial army to suppress the rebellion;
Beside him, there were only dozens of personal guards left.
And in front of Lan Yu, not far away, the man and horse still standing proudly were the rebel leader Chen Longxiang who had already lost his mind and killed blood.
At this time, Chen Longxiang, who was riding on horseback, still had disheveled hair, empty eyes, bloodthirsty and fierce, and a cold and ferocious expression on his face.
Chen Longxiang rode forward, and the personal soldiers guarding Anxi Marquis Lan Yu subconsciously took a step back.
Until they joined forces with the reinforcements of the imperial army that continued to arrive.
Without the order of the vanguard general Lan Yu, the imperial cavalry soldiers who came later urged their horses to fan out with the rebel leader Chen Longcheng as the core until they surrounded Chen Longxiang.
Boom, boom!
Pitter-patter!
At this moment, the sky outside the Goguryeo royal city became more and more gloomy, and this sudden spring rain finally fell in a series of dull and continuous thunder.
The rain wet Chen Longxiang's long hair and made him squint.
He slowly raised his head, looked at the sky with lightning and thunder, and glanced at Anxi Hou Lan Yu who was seriously injured and retreating.
Then, he said again with a blank expression and cold tone: "You all have to die--"
"Longxiang, stop!"
Just when Chen Longxiang was about to urge the warhorse under his crotch to kill the imperial court's rebellion army again, a call came from far away, like a clear sound in the chaos, which made Chen Longxiang, who was lost in hatred, sober up instantly.
Chen Longxiang on the horse was startled, and then slowly raised his head to look for the sound. In his eyes narrowed by rain, there was a figure in a white robe, riding a snow-white tall horse and galloping towards him.
Yes, it was the man who was both his teacher and friend, brother and father.
Chen Qingzhi, the first of the six founding dukes of the Tang Dynasty (tied) Duke of Korea!
Buzz——
The next moment, Chen Longxiang's mind exploded with a buzzing sound.
Countless scattered images, countless memories that he had deliberately suppressed, all rushed into Chen Longxiang's mind at this moment, gradually piecing together a picture that recorded the complete truth.
Remember, Chen Longxiang remembered everything!
He remembered the scenes when he first returned to the Jin Palace from Longhu Mountain, and guarded Longcheng and governed the fiefdom with Chen Qingzhi, the deputy marshal of the left army of the Longcheng Jingnan Army at that time;
He also remembered the scenes when his brother Chen Huaian first ascended the throne and established the Tang Dynasty, and he was full of vigor and vigor when offering sacrifices to the sky at Zijin Mountain outside Jinling City;
He also remembered the scenes when his brother personally gave him the golden armor worn by the previous emperor and asked him to serve as a vanguard general in the army of the eastern expedition to Goguryeo;
He also remembered the scene when he and the former queen mother Su Wan'er first met in Jiaozhou City when the navy army went to Goguryeo...
Suddenly
The scene in Chen Longxiang's mind changed, and it became the scene of himself in Jinling City, on the first day of the first lunar month of the second year of the Tang Dynasty, when he started a killing spree against Luo Yucheng, the deputy commander of the Dragon City Internal Guards and the Wuping Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, and the Dragon City Internal Guards under his command;
Then, the scene in Chen Longxiang's mind changed from the previous colorful to only a bloody red;
He was on the Goguryeo Peninsula, killing the Tang soldiers who refused to obey his orders and followed him to restore the previous dynasty and restore the new;
On the night of the Goguryeo Royal City mutiny, more than 50,000 soldiers in the garrison camp outside the city died tragically at the hands of Chen Longxiang;
On the day of the mutiny in the navy camp afterwards, tens of thousands of loyal Tang navy soldiers were ordered by Chen Longxiang to be burned to death or suffocated to death in the navy camp (because of this, the hundreds of warships of the Tang Navy fleet anchored in Nampo Port were killed in Chen Longxiang's hands became a decoration and could not be used by the rebels);
Then, it involved the "suppression of bandits" front line from Afeihuling to Imjin River on the Goguryeo Peninsula. Chen Longxiang, the first prince of the Tang Dynasty, secretly colluded with the remnants of the enemy country and eventually killed tens of thousands of Tang soldiers on the front line;
In Chen Longxiang's mind, the scarlet bloody picture turned again, but it was frozen before dawn this morning, when the Goguryeo king In the harem of the city, outside the bedroom of his beloved concubine Su Wan'er;
On the phoenix bed, Su Wan'er died of dystocia, leaving two lives in one body;
Chen Longxiang also completely lost his mind and became a cruel and murderous demon, killing all the palace maids, eunuchs, guards, and servants in the harem of the Goguryeo royal city with a hammer;
He killed all the soldiers and civilians in the city within his sight, and killed all the way out of the city, including Anxi Hou Lan Yu and his vanguard camp;
Until, until this moment, the Korean Duke Chen Qingzhi, who was galloping on his horse, said this: "Dragon Elephant, stop"!
Just now, Chen Longxiang woke up as if from a dream, and a feeling of coldness hit his body.
"Dragon Elephant, stop!"
Um?
Chen Longxiang slowly raised his head, letting the rain squint his eyes. Looking at the white figure that gradually turned from blurry to clear in front of him, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, but in the end he couldn't even put on the smile he wanted to force. come out.
Here, the Korean Duke Chen Qingzhi, who was riding his horse, ignored the dissuasion of Wei Guogong Chang Yuchun and Anxi Hou Lanyu, and rode his horse directly to a place no more than ten steps away from Chen Longxiang.
In this position, as long as Chen Longxiang has murderous intentions in his heart, Han Gong Chen Qingzhi will definitely not be able to escape the full blow of the drum, urn and golden hammer in his hand.
Chen Qingzhi, who couldn't even put on his armor, had no chance of escaping.
call--
Chen Qingzhi took a long breath, adjusted his breathing and emotions, and once again said to Chen Longxiang in front of him: "Longxiang, be obedient and put down the drum, urn, and golden hammer!"
Um?
Chen Longxiang raised his eyebrows, stared straight at Chen Qingzhi with bloodthirsty eyes, and asked word for word: "Mr. Han, you are here too. You want to kill me and go back to claim credit in front of your brother." Right?"
Um?
Hearing this, Chen Qingzhi's expression froze and he replied without thinking: "Long Xiang, you are confused. How could I want to take your life to claim credit?"
Chen Qingzhi's words are not false at all, they are words from the bottom of his heart.
Looking at the whole Tang Dynasty, Chen Qingzhi can be regarded as the person who least expected Chen Longxiang to die in the counter-rebellion, besides Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun.
Even, it had to be filmed before Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian.
During the days when the two of them were guarding the base camp in Longcheng City, the fiefdom of the King of Jin, Chen Qingzhi already regarded Chen Longxiang as his own child;
How could a "father" cut off his child's head to claim credit?
Even if this child is a little naughty, a little willful, and even commits an unforgivable sin, as a "father", he still wants to keep him alive!
Chen Qingzhi continued: "Long Xiang, be obedient, put down the drum, urn, and golden hammer, and come back to the country with me to meet the emperor. There is still room for maneuver in everything. At worst, you will be stripped of your family status and title and demoted to a commoner. At worst, you will have to start over again. !”
hehe!
Chen Longxiang suddenly laughed and sneered.
He stared at the Korean Duke Chen Qingzhi in front of him and asked again: "Korean Duke, do you think I have a chance to come back again?"
As he spoke, Chen Longxiang kept to himself and said: "On the first day of the first lunar month of the first year of Zhaowu, I went on a killing spree in the Imperial City of Jinling. Luo Yucheng, the deputy commander of the inner guard of Longcheng, died tragically under my golden hammer. Hundreds of dragon city guards and royal guards were beaten to death by me in the street;"
"On the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the first year of Zhaowu, the 27 generals of the Tang army who stayed in Goguryeo were all killed by the king. More than 200,000 Tang soldiers died tragically in the hands of the king;"
"On February 27th of the first year of Zhaowu, tens of thousands of defenders and civilians inside and outside the royal city of Goguryeo were all brutally slaughtered by my king;"
As Chen Longxiang spoke, he looked at Anxihou Lanyu, who was seriously injured, and continued: "Anxihou Lanyu almost died at the hands of me, but the thousands of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who accompanied him all became my king. The souls of those who died under the hammer;"
"Mr. Han Han, do you think I can turn back?"
"Even if the emperor is willing to let me live, how can the civil and military officials in the court and the widows of the deceased Tang soldiers let me go?"
Chen Longxiang smiled sadly and said: "This king has gone astray and raised his troops to rebel. I have made it difficult for the emperor to ride a tiger, and he has no choice but to issue an imperial edict to sin against himself."
"I don't want my brother to issue the third edict of sin for my sake!"
"Dragon Elephant——"
Listening to Chen Longxiang's words, Chen Qingzhi seemed to realize something and hurriedly wanted to speak out to dissuade Chen Longxiang, but was rudely interrupted by the latter.
Chen Longxiang said: "Mr. Han Han, listen to me——"
Boom, boom!
At this time, the thunder in the sky became even louder.
Two dark clouds began to converge in the area outside the Goguryeo Royal City, and lightning flashed continuously.
I saw Chen Longxiang frowning slightly, with a look of displeasure on his face. He raised his head and glared at the dark cloudy sky, and then said to Mr. Han Chen Qingzhi in front of him again: "Mr. Han, you don't know yet, Wan'er, Wan'er She's gone!"
ha?
Chen Qingzhi was confused and didn't react, so he subconsciously asked: "Empress, where has she gone?"
"It's a funeral!"
Chen Longxiang pretended to be relaxed and said: "Died in childbirth, one corpse and two lives. He died when your naval fleet stormed Nanpu Port. I heard the faint sound of the red cannons outside the city;"
"She is dead, so I want the entire Goguryeo royal city to be buried with their mother and son;"
"This king, this king slaughtered everyone in this city!"
hiss--
Hearing this, the Korean Duke Chen Qingzhi, Wei Guogong Chang Yuchun and all the generals of the Tang Dynasty who were present couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Until now, all the mysteries have finally been solved.
Why did the defenders of the Goguryeo Royal City abandon the city and flee? It was all because the crazy Chen Longxiang wanted to drag the people, soldiers and civilians of the city with him to bury the former Demon Queen Su Waner who died in childbirth!
Boom, boom, boom!
Suddenly, the thunder in the sky became louder and more intense, and the frequency of lightning became faster and faster.
Finally, Chen Longxiang, who had been holding back a breath of bad breath, the anger accumulated in his heart was ignited by the continuous thunder, and completely exploded!
I saw Chen Longxiang raising a golden hammer with one arm and yelling at the dark clouds sky: "Hey, thief God, don't be so presumptuous. Do you think that with two thunder and lightning strikes, I will be afraid of you?" "
Pooh--
"I'm not afraid of you. If you have the guts, stand up and fight me for 300 rounds!"
Chen Longxiang kept scolding: "God, I just want my family of three to live a down-to-earth, happy life. Why do you want to tease me?"
"Tell me, why did you take Wan'er and this king's child away? God, tell me--"
Boom, boom, boom!
Crash, pitter patter!
Huhu——
What answered Chen Longxiang was the continuous thunder and lightning, the early spring rain that gradually turned into a downpour, and the evil wind blowing from nowhere.
The atmosphere outside the Goguryeo Royal City suddenly became strange.
The Tang cavalry soldiers who originally surrounded Chen Longxiang were frightened by the scene in front of them. If they had not received military orders, they would have had to retreat in the next moment;
However, the horses under these cavalrymen began to neigh uncontrollably.
Uh-huh, uh-huh--
The war horses snorted continuously and raised their hooves to retreat, away from Chen Longxiang who was encircling the center.
These livestock seemed to sense some danger and couldn't wait to evacuate.
Gradually, these well-trained war horses began to become restless and retreat desperately, regardless of the rider's orders.
The scene fell into chaos.
Chen Qingzhi also realized that something was wrong, and for no reason recalled in his mind that when the Jin Dynasty entrusted Dragon City, the black-robed old monk Dongfang Xiao of Qixia Temple in Fengming Mountain once said that this young prince Chen Longxiang was originally the golden Dapeng of the upper world. The Winged Eagle has gone through many calamities in the mortal world, and in this life he must not commit any indiscriminate killings;
Otherwise, you will be punished by God!
"Long Xiang, stop scolding and come with me!"
Chen Qingzhi, who suddenly reacted, rushed to take away Chen Longxiang without caring about his own safety.
However, it was too late.
Chen Longxiang, who was still beating the sky with his hands, felt that scolding like this was not enough, so he directly threw up the drum, urn and golden hammer in his hand, hoping to decide the outcome with God.
Boom——
The next moment, there was a thunderbolt, and a bolt of lightning struck from the sky, directly hitting Chen Longxiang's drum, urn, and golden hammer.